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NGC6990

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 20:59:57.0
Declination: -55:33:43
Constellation: IND
Visual Magnitude: 13.2

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: eeF, vS, vmE 0°, * 13 att, n
Sub-type: Sa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6990

30" (10/10/15 - OzSky): at 394x; moderately bright, very elongated 3:1 N-S, 0.9'x0.35', slightly mottled appearance but no well defined core.  A mag 12 star is at the south tip, 0.6' from center.